"Zorya have already found a replacement for van Leeuwen

Zorya Luhansk have already prepared for the possible departure of their first-team head coach Patrick van Leeuwen, whom the media are calling "without five minutes" the new coach of Shakhtar Donetsk.

According to journalist Igor Tsyganyk, in the event of van Leeuwen's departure, Zorya will consider a well-known domestic specialist Aleksandr Babich, whose last club was Kryvbas, as the main candidate to replace him.

It should be recalled that according to the press reports, Shakhtar have already said goodbye to their head coach Igor Jovicevic and reached a verbal agreement on cooperation with Patrick van Leeuwen.

However, there have recently been reports that Zorya see former Metalist 1925 coach Valeriy Krivencov as van Leeuwen's replacement. Valeriy Kriventov as a replacement for van Leeuwen.